Italy On This Day

Luthier’s surviving instruments are now worth millions Guarneri made violins in  18th century Cremona Bartolomeo Giuseppe ‘del Gesù’ Guarner...

Brilliant musician wrote the melody for the Marseillaise Giovanni Battista Viotti spent muc...

Musician who ushered in the new classical era Much of Andrea Zani's music has survived and there are many recordings available A...

Founder of the Brescian school of stringed instrument craftsmen The bust of Gasparo da Salò in Salò One of Italy’s earliest violin ma...

Craftsman from Cremona produced the world’s best stringed instruments The man who produced violins worth millions, Antonio Stradivari,...